NEW FILMMAKERS SUMMER FESTIVAL PRESENTS: Kon Kon a film by Cecilia Vicuña Chile, 2010 54 mins Sunday July 3, 2011 5:30pm Ticket Booth Opens 6:00pm Film Screening Courthouse Theatre Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Ave (at 2nd St) New York, NY 10003 In this documentary poem, Cecilia Vicuña returns to Con Cón, the birthplace of [...]
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Cecilia Vicuña’s Kon Kon in NYC
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cecilia Vicuña, Chilean Poetry, cultural memory, documentaries, Kon Kon on June 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There and Not There: the World Trade Center Towers in Art
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Man on Wire", "Weather Diaries, "West Side Highway", art, documentaries, James Marsh, Jari Silomäki, Mitch Epstein, Philippe Petit, photography, twin towers, World Trade Center on July 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Below are three works of art that include, as part of their subjects, the World Trade Center towers. I. This picture was taken in 1977. Its effect, for a long time, derived mainly from its symbolism – from what its juxtapositions suggest about modern life. A man rests on a cot beside a large American [...]